The purpose of this chapter is specifically stated as follows:
A. To prohibit excessive volumes and/or inordinate rates
of flow of sewage and wastes into the village and/or county sewage system.
B. To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes
or other wastes of flammable nature or which create in any way a poisonous
or hazardous environment for sewerage maintenance and operation personnel.
C. To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes
or other wastes which may cause maintenance difficulties in the lateral and
truck sewers, force mains, pumping stations, sewage regulators and other structures
and appurtenances of the village and/or county sewerage system.
D. To prohibit the contribution of sewage, industrial wastes
or other wastes which may create operating difficulties at the water pollution
control plants as they may be constructed, modified or improved in the future.
E. To prohibit and/or to regulate the contribution of sewage,
industrial wastes or other wastes which require for treatment at the plants
greater expenditures than are required for equal volumes of normal sewage.
F. To require the treatment, before introduction into the
village sewers, of such wastes as may otherwise impair the strength and/or
durability of the structures appurtenant to the sewer system, by direct or
indirect chemical action, or as may interfere with the normal treatment processes.
G. To provide cooperation with the Albany County Sewer District,
the Albany County Department of Health and any other agencies which have requirements
or jurisdiction for the protection of the physical, chemical and bacteriological
quality of watercourses within or bounding the county.
H. To require the use of public sewers where available,
to regulate the operation of private sewage disposal systems and to prescribe
construction standards for building sewers and connections to the public sewer
system.
I. To protect the public health and to prevent nuisances.
J. To provide for the extension of public sewers into new
land development or subdivisions.